Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1146
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 9-25-6-7.
Synopsis: Bankruptcy and motor vehicle accident judgments.
Eliminates a provision stating that a person's discharge in bankruptcy
does not relieve the person from the requirements of the law under
which the driver's license of a person who fails to satisfy a judgment for
bodily injury or property damage arising out of the use of a motor
vehicle is to be suspended until the judgment is satisfied. (The
introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision
commission.)
Effective: July 1, 2008.
January 8, 2008, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2008)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1146
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 9-25-6-7; (08)IN1146.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 9-25-6-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 7.
(a) Except as provided in
sections 5 and 6 of this chapter, a suspension required in sections 4 and
6 of this chapter remains in effect and no other motor vehicle may be
registered in the name of the judgment debtor or a new license issued
to the judgment debtor, until the following occur:
(1) The judgment is satisfied or stayed.
(2) The judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility in
the future as provided in this article.
(b) A discharge in bankruptcy following the rendering of a judgment
does not relieve the judgment debtor from the requirements of this
chapter.